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VOL. LXVII, NO. 47 THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA, EDMONTON, CANADA THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1978. TWELVE PAGES 


- ‘Tuition hearing: a circus 


by Don Mcintosh 


Accusations, contradictions and a great deal of mistrust characterized yesterday’s 


afternoon public hearing on student costs. 


The public hearing was organized by the Task Force to Review Students’ 
Contributions to the Costs of Post-Secondary Education (hereafter known as the 
Grantham Task Force — after the chairman R.D. Grantham). The Task Force, which 
was formed in January at the request of Dr. Hohol, is touring Alberta soliciting 


recommendations from the public. 


Verbal clashes between opponents and proponents of higher tuition fees were the 


animated result of opposing ideologies. 

On one side were student represen- 
tatives from the Students’ Union (the 
Committee to Oppose Tuition Increases and 
Cutbacks) and from the Federation of 
Alberta Students (FAS), on the other were 
individuals from the businéss community. 

FAS spokesman Brian Mason said _ his 
organization was opposed to any fee 
increases on the grounds that they posed 
financial barriers which limited access to 
universities. He said FAS is proposing the 
gradual elimination of tuition fees. 

William Grovenor, who said he was a 
businessman and employer, said he was “fed 
up with the gimme gimme attitude of 
students and educationists.” 

Grovenor said education is a privilege, 
not a right, and must be earned. He 
advocated that the student should pay the 
full cost of post secondary education. 

He called opponents to tuition fees 
“lazy so and so’s” and graduates “sheep and 
functional illiterates”. 

“We must call a halt to this (govern- 
ment funding), Alberta is not yet a com- 
munist state-like Russia,” he concluded. 

Another gentleman from the business 
community, who did not identify himself, 
was less vehement but more or less reiterated 
Grovenor’s statements. = 

He said he disagreed with the “free ride” 


. philosophy and said “it is an accepted truism — 
that what you: get for nothing is worth 


nothing.” 
_ He said an increase in tuition fees 
should be consistent with rising university 
operating costs and said there should be an 
equal tuition fee for all faculties so that 
“ability and desire” would become the 
essential prerequisites to admission. 

The hearing began innocuously enough 
with statements from the Chairman R.D. 
Grantham who outlined the purposes of the 
‘task Force and read a list of 13 questions the 
lask Force using as zuidelines to solicit 
recommendations trom the public. The 
questions make up a questionaire which the 
Task Force distributes at each hearing and 


asks the public to fill out. 

But a confrontation developed im- 
mediately, when David Rand representing 
COTIAC questioned the credibility of the 
Task Force. 

Rand said the Task Force was formed 
after Dr. Hohol had indicated it was 
government policy that tuition fees increase 
regularly, and hence lacked credibility. 

Grantham interrupted Rand to ask if 
Rand wanted an immediate reply to the 


_ charge. Rand said there would be time for 


that after he finished his presentation. 

Rand also charged that some of the 13 
“basic questions” the Task Force had placed 
on the questionnaire were weighted against 
the student. 

“The question: ‘Should all costs be 
borne by the taxpayer’ puts students in an 
unfavourable light and neglects the fact that 
students are taxpayers as well, ” said Rand. 

Mason attacked the Task Force more 
pointedly. He asked why only two students 
were on the Task Force of eleven and why 
only one was an elected representative of 


. students. 


Grantham replied the Task Force was 
set up to gain the opinion of the public. 

“We want major involvement from the 
public, students represent 65,000 people out 
of a population of 2 million,” Grantham 
said. 

Mason also asked the Task Force if it 
though it had a purpose since Dr. Hohol is 
on record as saying he will disregard the 
recommendations of the Task Force if they 
are not related to government policy. 

Grantham did not reply to this and 
insisted Mason make specific recommen- 
dations on the question of tuition fees. | 

Gordon Unger, executive secretary of 
the U of A Association of Academic Staff, 
also spoke to the commission. 

Unger addressed himself to the ques- 
tion of the university’s relationship to its 
donor, the government. : 

He pointed out the essential differences 
between the university and other post 


Advanced education department gives 
90-ahead on Agriculture building 


- president = of 


After nine years of pushing 
and seeking funding the universi- 
ty will get a new Agriculture and 
Forestry building. 

Capital funds of nearly $5.5 
million have been set aside for 
the new five story building to be 
constructed immediately north 
of SUB where the tennis courts 
are now located. 

An initial grant for con- 
struction costs over the next 
year, announced by Minister of 
Advanced Education and Man- 
power Bert Hohol, amounts to 
$5.498,000. Costs projected over 
the next three years to cover the 
building. landscaping, equip- 


“ment and furniture are estimated 


at $19,466,000. 

Planning was started in 
said university vice- 

Planning and 


1969. 


Development Ronale Philips. 
The department tad to justily 
the need for space, draw up plans 
and lobby for nine years. for 


funding. 
The university has been 
seeking funding for both a 


Commerce 
extension. to 


building and an 
the Home 


Economics building. Dr Hohol . 


told Gateway yesterday there 
was no funding from his depart- 
ment for those two buildings this 
year. 

‘In a government press 
release Dr. Hohol explained: 
“this building, along with the 
gradual reassignment of space in 
the General Services and Prin- 
ting Services buildings, will 
provide for the long term needs 
of the faculty of Agriculture and 
Forestry, and release space for 


other disciplines.” 

Scheduled. for completion 
and. occupancy in 1981, the 
proposed 16,477 square meter 
( 177.341 sq. ft.) structure will 
furnish a 10,297 square meter 
(111,836 sq. ft.) base for research 
and planning in preparation for 
subsequent testing under field 
conditions. The addition to the 


campus would increase the un- 
iversity’s capacity by 700 
students. 


The government is con- 
templating an expenditure of 
32,256,000 in new construction 
at public colleges, universities 
and provincially administered 
institutions during the 1978/79 
fiscal year. 

The total cost of these 
projects over the neat three years 
is expected to be 9107,937.000: 


Clockwise from top left: 
and R.D. Grantham 


secondary imstitulions. [he first. 
he said, is the university’s respon- 
sibility to advance the boun- 
daries of knowledge. The second 
is the university’s role as a critic 
of the fundamental basis of our 


society. 
He said both of these 
aspects must be taken into 


consideration when questions of 

university funding arise. 
Grantham interrupted, say- 

ing that Unger was not ad- 


nger 
photos Don McIntosh 


dissing the question of tuition | 
fees. 
Unger said the point was 
well taken, but said it was not the 
role of academics to decide what © 
the level of tuition fees should or 
should not be. 

Students later criticised: 
Grantham for interrupting Un- 
ger. They said it was impossible 
to talk about tuition fees without 
considering university funding as 
a whole. 


Minister agrees 


march had effect 


The March I5 protest sailed 
to make an acceptable case that 
the university is in need, but it 
succeeded in its objective of 
attracting attention. 

This was admitted by Ad- 
vanced Education and Man- 
power Minister Bert Hohol ina 
brief telephone interview yester- 
day. 

“The protest failed to make 
a case,” he said, responding to a 
question of whether or not the 
5000 person demonstration 
against inadequate funding of 
post-secondary education had 
moved him at all to reconsider 
the U of A’s 1978-79 operations 
grant. 

“No doubt that it met its 
objective of drawing attention to 
the concerns of the students and 
staff,” he said. 

He reiterated his. earlier 
position that the university must 
demonstrate its needs for more 


operating funds, and said it was 
up to the President. and the 
Board of Governors to: ake the — 
case when he was ask what 
sorts of evidence he would 
consider demonstrative of need. 


“The U of A governors said 
they were in need and it is up to 
them to make the case.” 

He pointed out the debate 
on university funding was not 
over and had only been ad- 
journed last week in the house by 
the Premier. 


He declined to comment on 
an allegation by NDP leader 
Grant Notley that the Premier’s. 
statement in the legislature that 
Alberta paid the highest amount 
of money per capita on post 
secondary education in Canada 
was in direct conflict with infor- 
mation contained in an official 
Advanced Education report on 
tuition fees. 


Ie GATEWAY, Thursday March 23, 1978 


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News comment 


Orator: 


by Tom Barrett 

Who or what is Zarlenga? 

a) A small republic in 
central Africa? b) A_ small 
republican from Chicago? c) 
Manfred Lukat’s latest idol? or 
d) an internationally known 
poet, philosopher, the meanest 
mother in the valley, and an 
advisor: to corporations? 

Unfortunately the correct 
answer is ‘c.’ Yes folks, the man 
who brought us Flesh Gordon 
and Story of O(twice) has done it 
again! VP Services Manfred 


just a demagogue 


Lukat’s latest achievement was 
getting the Students’ Union to 
shell out $800 to bring Zarlenga 
(who modestly bills himself as 
the world’s greatest philosopher 
and America’s greatest orator) in 
from Chicago to speak at SUB 
Theatre this past Monday. 
Zarlenga attracted an 
audience of around 40 people 
which included perhaps 20 fans, 
converts, minions (take your 
pick), a couple of media represen- 
tatives, and about 20 others who 
apparently got lost looking for 


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the cafeteria. 

Although we _ listened 
repeatedly to the tape of 
Zarlenga’s speech and a team of 
translators worked overnight on 
his printed handouts we never 
were quite able to determine 
exactly who or what Zarlenga is. 
Someone suggested he was like a 
cross between an_ efficiency 
expert and a kinky Norman 
Vincent Peale if you can imagine 
what that would be like. 

Actually, more than 
anything else Zarlenga appears 
like a man attempting to be a 
sophist. Like Gorgias and 
Protagaras, Zarlenga claims that 
he can make you successful, and 
unlike those ancient Greeks he 
has a simple formula-to offer. 
Identify, simplify, concentrate 
and move are the magic words 
and if you think that this is little 
more than an elementary model 
of how -an organized person 
should approach a_ task, 
something that should be ob- 
vious to any moderately reflec- 
tive adolescent, then you 
probably wouldn’t have been too 
impressed with Zarlenga. 

Is that all there is? I’m 
afraid so.’ Apart from some 
ludicrous ramblings about his 
own greatness and some random 
potshots at unsuspecting 
members of the audience 
Zarlenga really seemed to have 
nothing to say. 

Zarlenga did’ offer some 
rather naive criticism of modern 
skepticism and value relativism 
but his comments smacked more 
of primitive demagoguery than 
an attempt to promote intelligent 
discussion on what are un- 
deniably important subjects. 

Perhaps the most curious 
aspect of Zarlenga’s perfor- 
mance was his bizarre assump- 
tion that those laughing at him 
were somehow afraid of him. He 
continuously asked people in the 
audience if they thought he was a 
bastard or a dangerous man; and 
it appeared he greatly desired to 
be thought of in such terms. In 
fact his attempts to appear 
awesome and threatening were — 
pitiful when not simply 
laughable. : 

Manfred Lukat delivered a 
combination introduction and 
testimonial and then dutifully 
answered Zarlenga’s questions 
about his education. Manfred 
readily admitted that he had 
learned more from his new 
teacher (for only $25!) than he 
had at university at the cost of 
thousands of dollars. 

After this amusing | little 
dialogue Zarlenga smiled and 
said “well 1 made one convert 
anyway. And he only took one 


-day to convince.” We can only 


hope. that Manfred’s next 
messiah charges the Student 
Union less than $800 a speech. 


Speaker 
chosen 


Michael Amerongen was 
ratified as the speaker for next 
year’s students’ council. 

Amerongen, who has been 
the SU returning officer for the 
past two years, was selected by 
the administration board froma 
total of five applicants. 

He will assume the position 
at next Tuesday’s student council 
TMeCUN Gases 


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HUB — convenient, noisy, cheap... 


by Sherri McCann 


Did you know that HUB has the largest insulated vault dome in the world? | didn’t. 
Most of the 900 tenants living there probably don’t either. But they DO know about the 
poor laundry facilities, dirty windows, greasy food smells and temperamental plumbing. 

_ However, according to the results of the HUB Tenants’ Association Second Annual 
Survey, in spite of these irritations, most of the tenants are reasonably happy living there. 


What’s good about living in 
HUB? Most students mention 
convenience; classes and 
libraries are near, there’s no 
hassling with University parking. 
and HUB mall provides some 
shopping, fast food ~ services, 
laundry and = dry cleaning 
facilities (such as they are). And 
Friday’s is just downstairs when 
you need a beer and some 
company. It is nice living in 
perpetual springtime when it’s 40 
below outside. As one student 
put it “The only day | have to go 
outside is Tuesday.” 

Other students are there 
primarily because they believe its 
cheap. At rents ranging trom 
$155.00 for a small one man 
unfurnished to $383.00 for a 
four-man furnished (and rents 
are to go up by a further 7% in 
September), it’s certainly not dirt 
cheap. But compared to the 
inflated rents .of other 
apartments in the University 
area, most students consider it 


B of G condemned by 


by ‘Kent Blinston 

Students’ Council has pass- 
ed a motion expressing dis- 
satisfaction with the U of A 
Board of Governors (B of G) for 
its opposition to the March 15 
university protest. 

March 15, more than 5,000 
students and staff demonstrated 
against what they consider to be 
inadequate funding of post- 
secondary education. Monday 
March 13, the B of G had directed 
university president Harry Gun- 
ning not to participate in the 
rally and expressed dissatisfac- 
tion at the General Faculties 
Council decision to close classes 
the afternoon of the March. 

Students’ Council agreed to 
send a letter condemning the Bof 
G for the action 

. Although there was general 
cousensus to do this council was 
divided on how the letter was to 
be worded. 


Sunaay, March 26 


pretty reasonable. It should be. 
After all, when HUB was built, it 
was considered ‘the most 
economical University residence 
in Canada in terms of cost 
performance’. 

Dave Cockle, Chairman of 
the HUB Tenants’ Association 
says “probably the most fre- 
quent tenant complaints are 
about laundry facilities. There’s 
not enough machines and those 
available are often broken 
down.” One student commented 
in the survey “for 50¢ and as 
many kicks, the machine grinds 
in everyone else’s dirt. After 
about three washes you need a 
new wardrobe.” 

Accessibility to food stores 
in another major complaint. The 
only grocery store in the mall is 
considered too expensive. Many 
students answering the survey 
expressed. an interest in par- 
ticipating in a car pool for 
grocery shopping. 


Parking is apparently 


“Criticism is one thing; bad 
manners is another,” said law 
rep. Tony Melnechuk. He dis- 
agreed with the preamble to the 
letter saying it was sarcastic. 

“We are trying to say what 
we think,” said ed. rep. Bruce 
Shelsky. “The Board of Gover- 
nors has not acted responsibly.” 


Students’ Council has raised 
the salaries of their executive 
members from $4,200 to $5,400 
per year. 

The raise affects the five 
executive members of the next 
Students’ Council who will take 
office March 29. 

VP finance, Dale Somer- 
ville, said the present council was 
raising the salaries now because 
they believed it would look bad 
for the first act of the new council 


another serious problem. Only 
fifty stalls are available for HUB 
tenants — far fewer than the 
number of car owners. Also, 
there are no parking facilities for 
HUB visitors. . 

A lot of tenants complain 
that their suites are excessively 
dusty and dry. Lighting is also 
poor and temperature regulation 
is next to impossible. (One 
student commented that he 
regulated heat in his suite by 
turning off the-oven or asking his 
girlfriend over.) 


Excessive noise is another ss 


serious complaint. However, 


this seems to depend on the § 3 
particular location of the apart- § 


ment. Suites above the pool hall, 


HUB Amusement Arcade and @ 


Friday’s, and those near the 
frequently used stairwells are 
affected most. 

One student suggested that 
“kicking all the drunks out of 
Friday’s” would make his -ex- 
istence a lot more peaceful! 


students 


Arts rep, Steve ‘Kushner, 
who proposed the motion, said it 
was. important the Board of 


Governors’ know. the student 
council’s position. He said the 


board’s action “... brings into 
question the autonomy of the 
University.” 


Council votes pay raise 


to be giving themselves a raise. 

A paper was presented to 
council outlining the expenses of 
an executive. The paper included 
food, housing, and all other 
living expenses. 

Science rep, Nick Cooke, 
agreed the executives were un- 
derpaid for the amount of work 
they do but suggested all 
students’ union employees be 
allowed to bargain for a raise in 
salary by submitting their needs. 


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grievances 
Qualifications 


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with all facets of grievances 

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ay Cae ie e e : e 
Academic priority 
_ We now have a new vice 
encourage Mr. Ekelund tuo take his job seriously and to attack one 


of the most crucial issues facing students during this decade; 
namely, the lack of Canadian studies in various faculties, and of 


qualified people to teach those programs. 


president academic. Let us 


Our university has 


taken steps towards realizing the.need for these studies but unless 
_ student demands are focused on the administration and faculties, 


further changes may not occur. 


The need for a national focus on the liberal arts, as well as on 
applied scientific research, has been well documented since 1970. 
It has been shown that Canada is one of the few nations in the 
world which does not have a comprehensive educational program 
designed to inform its citizens about the place they inhabit: (the 


stress is on information, not indoctrination). 


We all know the 


feeling of being Canadian — anyone who has been called an 


American knows what | mean 


-— but the feeling must be 


articulated if we are to grow as a culture rather than as a satellite of 
our dear neighbours, the Americans. Certainly, we are a part of 
the North American culture, but the differences between us and 
them — as manifested in our government structure and 

in our laws, in our cities, in our health care programs, and in our 


state influenced economy — 


. illustrate 


a uniqueness that 


Canada must understand before it may come to grips with the 
problems it faces. Applying American methodology to Canadian 
questions will not solve ‘our problems. 

Mr. Ekelund must acquaint himself with the arguments used 
consistently by opponents of Canadian studies — that knowledge 
is universal and there is little to be gained from an investigation of 
Canadian issues, that the resources do not exist to adequately 
teach a Canadian studies program, that standards of international 
scholarship prohibit academics from studying national issues, and 

“so on — and be prepared with counter arguments. Moreover, he 


must speak to students who are 


turned away from courses in 


Canadian history because of an overdemand, and get them to act, 
to push for change. Similar cases can be made for first year Canlit 
courses, for economics, sociology and some of the sciences such as 


geology, geography, agriculture 
ministration. 


and Canadian business ad- 


If this issue is going to be taken seriously, the university must 


be forced to re-examine its tenure system: 


if it cannot find 


qualified people withing the present faculty, then it must make 


room for them. Tenure cannot 


be used as an excuse for not 


dismissing faculty members in order to accomodate others who 
meet the students’ desire'for knowledge. It is unfair to students 
that they are taught Western Canadian history by a specialiston 
the American revolution. The rapid rise in enrolment in Canadian 
studies illustrates students’ desire to know more about their 
country and the university should move as quickly as it can to 


facilitate this need. Go to it Mike! 


Bo 


How) you 
whats universal ” 
about butfalos ? 


D. MeIntosh 


tell me 


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STAFF THIS ISSUE: J.C. La Dalia. 
The Roving Milfred Campbell, Gordon 
Turtle. P. Jardine, Sherri McCann, The 
Roving Kent Blinston, Barretta, Derek 
Cathro, Bernadette Dunn, Vlad Dzavik. 
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ON BACKWARDS. 


Enthusiasm deserves respéct 


Due to my apparent inabili- 
ty to edit and write well, my letter 


(March 7) in response to Greg” 


Schmidt’s Cautious look at SU 
Conspiracy (Feb.16 , prompts 
me to extend apologies. These 
must go to Greg - for having 
caused his friend to defend him 
(Stephen Cain - Mar. 9); and (2) 
Stephen - for causing him ap- 
parently enough contusion, to 
read what he only wanted to 
read, which prompted him to 
waste his time. 

I must apologize because 
my letter apparently conveyed 
the impression of no personal 
social intercourse with Greg. -| 
also admit to having full 
knowlege of Greg’s participation 
in the 1976/77 committees, etc., 
cited. Personally, | could have 
commented in detail as to their 
performance in that year 
(Academic Affairs Board tre- 
quently held the regular night 
time meetings in RATT) but, 
that was not my intent. 

1 should have anticipated 
contusion and written “Who 
does he think he is, and where 
does he get off writing cynical 
letters when his obvious talent, 
knowlege of the SU, and, 
moreover, his reputation were 
needed to change apathetic 
attitudes, and build a better SU 
in 77-78?” All we heard or saw of 
him, however, were seemingly 
bitter letters. 


My expose was merely to 
indicate a comparison between 
someone who had demonstrated 
and continues to. exhibit 
enthusiastically, determination 
and stamina. In my view, this 
enthusiasm demonstrated by 
Cheryl et al. needs to be better 
promoted and further 
acknowleged when: evident. 
Moreover, these are the people 
who deserve support-and ‘utmost 
respect’. On this last matter, | 
would like to suggest to Mr. Cain 


Get ’em, 


This is just.a note of thanks 
for making the Bears’ recént 
college hockey title victory your 
cover story. Terry Jones, in a 
recent Journal column, was all 
too realistic when discussing the 
back seat college hockey, and 
college sports in general, must 
take in favour of the pros. Like 
many professional sports fans, | 
am to blame for that, too. In six 
years of university at Manitoba 
and Alberta, this is the first year 1 
have really participated in un- 
iversity athletics, both from a 
spectator’s viewpoint and that of 
a participant. It’s obviously 
never too late to join in, and I’m 
glad | finally did. 

The Golden Bears’ Hockey 
club provided its fans with many 


that to maintain the respect he 
has earned, he should not be so 
pretentious as to make presump- 
tions about fellow students 
thought patterns. At the March 
7 Student Council meeting, | 
received a thank-you note trom 
the president-electacknowledging 


her acceptance of my com- 
pliments. Enough said on this 
matter, 


Bill Stewart 
Arts IV 


GUBA! 


exciting moments this year, and 
they ended it with the biggest 
crowd pleaser of ’em all: the 
championship. There may not 
have been throngs of fans at the 
airport when the team arrived 
home, to be sure. But in the 
hearts of many on this campus, 
especially res students, the Bears’ 
efforts were highly appreciated, 
and will not be forgotten for a 
long, long time. (Where else 
could hear from the windows of 
Henday Hall, chants of “Ted- 
dee!s -Ted-dee!:; or —Gec!.. Cech’ 
with the team 1000s of miles 
away?) Get em, GUBA! 


Randy Reichardt 
GS ll 


- ee 
oC HAPTER FOURS 
[n our last episode, the latest meeting 
of Edmonton City Council had 
ground to a halt when Alderman 
Paul Norris hastily departed and 
broke quorum. As we return to 
Council Chambers ... 

“Allee allee out are in free!!” 

You have a pretty good idea of 
what was going on in there. While 
Alderperson Olivia Butti tried to find 
the rest of her colleagues, a delega- 


bend tried to make their presentation 
in support of Keillor Road to Coun- 
Chere 

“Look,-it won’t hurt the god- 
damn park to have one little road 
running through it,” said their 
spokesman, Clint Crocker. “So what 
if 16,000 cars use a one-lane cow path 
every day? If it saves me having to 
i listen to five more minutes of Wes 
Montgomery on CHED every mor- 
ning, so much the better!” 

The lone voice of dissent came 
from an elderly gentleman who lived 
at the Belgravia end of Keillor Road 

“If that road ain’t sealed off before 

next Monday morning, I’m gonna 
take that spare gelignite in my garage 
and wire it under the damn road, and 
the first high-falootin Riverbend 
executive that comes. along on his 
way to College Plaza is going to be 
blown clear into Beverley!” 
7 This threat did not fall on idle 
ears, for two or three of the 
Aldermen, and a couple of the City 
Commissioners, used Keillor Road 
regularly. They nervously began 
figuring out alternate routes, as the 
debate raged on. : 

Alderman Norris, meanwhile, 
had finished purchasing Edmonton 


Centre, and was now _ trying 
desperately to clinch the deal on 
Eaton’s. 


“I want you to smile when you 
say Eaton’s!” he said, with a strange 


~ The Lot 
he 


tion of irate motorists from River-' 


heeds 


fe pete SS $) reated and Written by Peter Birnie 


Beam in his eye. “I want: you to smile 
when you SELL Eaton's!” And when 
I'm finished here, I’m going to buy 
out Carpet World and have Tom 
Wilkinson shot,to death!” 

This was too much for the store 
manager, who quietly pressed a 
button under his desk, summoning 
two burly store detectives. As Norris 
was dragged away, kicking and 
screaming, he shouted “I want 
Simpson-Sears Kingsway Garden 
Mall! | want the Bay Londonderry!” 

Meanwhile, our _ illustrious 
premier had found his way to the 
Safeway on 102nd at 124th Street, _ 
where he intended to pick up the 
latest record in the Funk & Wagnall 
Family Library of Great Music. He 
had Beethoven’s Sixth and 
Tchaikovsky’s Le Pathetique, but 
had missed out on Chubby Checker 
Swings n’ Sways. 

As Peter wound his way up and 
down the aisles, past fresh fruits and 
canned ham, Lucerne Granola and 
Commonwealth Games ashtrays, he 
noticed that a mysterious woman 
dressed ina long, black evening gown 
was following his every move. Every 
time he turned around she would 
disappear behind a soap display. 
Finally, out of sheer exasperation, he 
ran up and grabbed her. 

“What are you doing? Why are 
you following me?” 

The woman was somewhat 
taken aback but quickly regained her 

-composure. She replied in a thick 
Eastern European accent — 

“We will be most pleased if you 
would help please by not struggling 
or tryink to escape — our agents are 
all over dis store and we would-hate , 


oug 


to open fire on innocent fresh 
vegetables and baked goods, Mister 
Bond! 


The Premier was shocked. “I'm 
not James Bond!” he shouted. 


to be continued 


THE GATEWAY, Thursday, March 23, 1978 So  eoree aaa 


' fact far from being the case. 


Right to report — 


the U.S. Constitution. I pcinted 
out that in a recent American 
judicial decision it was held that 
under the Ist Amendment the 
freedom of the presstoreport was 
more important than the right of 
an accused to receive a fair trial. | 
then said-that I believed that the 
right to a free trial was more 
important than the unrestricted 
right of the press to this so-called 

~ ‘freedom.’ This has nothing to do 
with the freedom of the press as 
such. 


There 1s one statement in 
your reporter's (Adam Singer) 
account of the terrorism ‘debate’ 
between Professor Carmichael 
and myself with which | must 
take issue. 

By tearing a statement of 
mine out of context he gives the 
impression that | am opposed to 
freedom of the press. This is in 


1 was advocating a policy 
which would prevent the media 
from interposing itself in a 
terrorist situation so as to give 
the terrorist unnecessary publici- 
ty as well as, often, interfering 
with the anti-terrorist operation. 
In so doing, | said that we in 
Canada tend to look too much to 
the United States and seek to 
apply herethe Ist Amendment to 


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‘They just keep pouring in! 


CON 


By Ambrose Fierce 


tink? Dat mus’ be at /eas’ a hundid yeahs. (Dey ain’t 
nuffin’ wrong wid mah brain, jus’ mah lef arm an’ mah 


“Zarlenga! Magine dat! ‘Magine bein’ so stupid 
or so desprit dat a person wold half-b’lieve in dat 
Zarlenga! (Ah know dere is folks what does b’lieve in 
Zarlenga, an’ dat jus’ proves de pow’ful "fect ob a thick 
skin an’ a quick tonque on a weak mind.) Zarlenga — 
tink ob it! 

“Zarlenga! De man’s whole psyche plain as de day 
to anybody dat unnerstan chillun, an’ maybe has a 
workin’ knowledge ob Dr. Spock. 

“Zarlenga! “Magine! But I was dat low-down, 
*crepid, an’ blue, dat Zarlenga —dat clown, dat he 


Those unsolicited testimonials to my newly- 
founded Amalgamated Church Requiring Only Nine- 
Tenths of Your Money just keep pouring in! Yes, 
A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. converts demand their money’s 
worth (unlike. for example, the disciples of Mr. 
Zarlenga a sort of vulgarly abrasive cross between 
Norman Vincent Peale and Obi-Wan-Kenobi — who 
have managed to keep such open minds that their 
brains have fallen out). Just read these glowing 
testimonials, and | am sure that you, like countless 
thousands of others, will be convinced beyond all 
possibility of doubt. For example: 


MOTHER SALIVA-LOU SCURVE, of Biloxi, 
Miss.. writes: “I hab had de mis’ry, down de bof of 
mah laigs. an’ all along mah lef arms, fo’ ovah one 


hundid yeahs. Yassuh. Ah doan know jes’ azackly how. 


ol’ Ah is. but one thang Ah do know, an’ dat is Ah ts 
pooty ol’. Liss¢n at me while ah tells you. Cleah as de 
day Ah remembahs when Massa Jeff Dabis now 
dere was a man! Ah recklects when Massa Dabis 
thown all ob dem damn Yankee rapscallions right out 
ob de country. Thown dem out! Grant, an’ Sherman, 
an’ all dem sojers come down to Dixie an’ jus’ want do | 
bad. An’ all'dem no ‘count frauds an’ ab’litionists an’ 
carpetbuggers all un ‘em, thown out on dey fat 
butts! 
“Wheah was Ah? Oh yas. All dat time, Ah has had 
de mis’ry! Dat mus’ be ovah a hundid yeahs, donch 


two laigs.) A hundid yeahs ob de mis’ry. 

“Tink Ah didn’ try an’ git some relief all dat time? 
Lan’ sakes, honey, Ah tried jus’ bout ever'thing. You 
name it. Pinkham’s Pills, biofeedback, Sloan’s 
Linimint, de power ob positive tinkin’, De Shoes ob de 
Fisherman, De Man Nobody Know, bre’r rabbit toot, 
tyin’ up mah wool in knots to keep out dem witches, 
automatic mind control, 1M, lucky penny, an’ de 
magic doodlebug. 

“Mah frin’s hep out all dey kin, wif sympathy an’ 
sedgestions. “Hey Saliva-Lou, sing out Ugurtha-Mae 
what was mah bes’ frin’ till she up an’ died fum de 
voadoo conjure, “you best try some ob dat “lectric mud 
fo’ yo’ mis’ry, ‘cause iffen you’ don’t, you is one dumb- 
ass ol’ coon! 

“Lectric mud’! Ahust yout. 

“But did Ah try dat ‘lectric mud?*Deed Ah did. Ah 
was desprit. Man come ‘long, say,“ Heah now, you need 
some ob dis salve to’ fifty dollahs a tube, fix yo’ mis’rv.” 
Does Ah buy dat tube? “Deed Ah does. (De giant 
‘conomy fambly-size tube! $99.95!) Do it hep? Do it 
take keer ob mah mis’ry? “Deed it don’t. Spin’ »sih 
money, an’ spin’ mah money, an’ de mis’ry jes’ ez bad as 
evah. L.issen at me while Ah tell you: by de end ob dis 
las’ year Ah was at mah wit's end! 

How desprit was Ah? Lissen: Ah was as despritas a 
body kin git. How desprit is dat? Lissen: Ah was gitten’ 
‘round so Ah half b’lieved in dat man fum FLIGH ie 
dat Peter Zarlenga! 


soun’s like mebbe he de result nine months after fum a 
hot night *tweem Mary Poppins an’ Massa Fred W. 
Nietzsche Well, Zarlenga soun’ like he almos’ 
startin’ to make sense! Dat show you de shape I was in. 
1 almos’ startin’ to b’lieve Zarlenga! 

“Den sumfting bodacious happen. Ah hearn “bout 
Massa Fierce, de Great Kleagle! Ah gib him all mah 
money. Ah gib the Great Kleagle all ob mah money. 


(Bless him!) What happen? Miracle happen. /n six — 


whole weeks, de mis'ry in bof’ mah laigs, an’ alldown 
mah lef arm, what ain't got no better for’ a hundid — 
years, all dat six weeks de misty AIN'T GOT NO. 
WUSS! Dere now. Wutch tink ob dat?” 
What indeed? Who needs a Zarlenga(!), when you 
can have a Kleagle? But act fast. Time is running out. 
Enrolment fees are up to fifteen grand, and next week 
they'll likely be twenty. Cut out the coupon below, and 
send it, together with fifteen thousand dollars to me, 
Sri Maharaja Ambrose Fierce Moon, Grand Imperial 
Kicagie, A.C.R.O.N.Y.M., c/o the Gateway offices: ~ © 
Do wnow. A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. — join me or be damned. ° 


YES! lama spittle-dripping idiot, andsuddenly more 
than anything 1 want to enrol in A.C.R.O.N.Y. Me ! 
i:nclosed is my etirolment fee 

certified cheque 

money order 
(1 am over 18.and | realize that 1 will never again see 
my money.) ? 


arts 


The View from Left Centre 


by J.C. LaDalia 


The Edmonton Symphony’s program at their last 
pair of concerts was a bit parsimonious: the major 
work was but 28 minutes and three other works were 
less than fifteen minutes each. Is our attention span 
being questioned? Whatever happened to the monster 
concerts of -the nineteenth century, as when 
Beethoven’s Eroica was first performed ‘amidst five or 
six other works? Do we really listen so much more 
concentratedly today that an hours listening is as 
much as we can absorb? If the program had included 
ear-stretching works of the Webern/ Penderecki sort it 
might be understandable, but this was a pretty 
confortable concert. 

The program opened with Ralph Vaughan 
Williams’ Overture to The Wasps, from his suite for 
Aristophanes’ play. It’s a delightful work, having 
everything to do with Elgar’s England, and nothing to 
do with Greece, ancient or otherwise. The opening 
buzz of strings was sharply conveyed, and the big, 
hearty main melody was irresistable, though a bit 


heavily played prior to the coda. The audience loved it, 


so we may hear the whole suite some day. 

Concertmaster James Keene was the evening’s 
soloist in Bruch’s G minor Violin Concerto. For sucha 
popular concerto this work has a high degree of 
introspection, but the melodies are so heartfelt, and the 
finale so lively that it remains one of the few works for 
which the prolific Bruch is still remembered. 

Keene has a sweet tone but not a robust one, and 
on Saturday night he was frequently covered by other 
solo instruments, such as the oboe at the opening, even 
though Maestro Hetu seemed especially concerned to 
keep the orchestra in check. Keene also played rather 
cautiously in ‘parts of the first movement which 
contrasted with Hetu’s intense approach. Keene’s 
recapitulation of the opening theme (which leads into 
the Adagio) was quite lovely however. 

In the Adagio Keene’s phrasing tended to lack 
thrust. Many long melodic phrases were played well 
but without shape, making little of a particular note or 
smaller phrase. Thus the only climaxes were dynamic 
ones, in spite of the songful inwardness which makes 
any performance a touching one. Again, there were 
moments of really beautiful playing, but the final result 
was a bit bland. 

The exciting finale began -rather ferociously 
instead of with passionate warmth. Again Keene’s 
playing, while accurate and appealing, was a bit 
cautious and orchestral solos tended to obscure his 
line. 

Keene’s encore was a rarity, Fritz Kreisler’s 


James Keene — 


Praeludium and Allegro. \n the first section Keene 
brought a good deal of intensity to bear and the result 
was exciting. The Allegro, however, with its flashy 
double-stops and elaborate runs needs a big, virtuoso 
tone which galvanizes the audience, as Kreisler or 
Heifetz had. Keene’s technical control was impressive, 
and he handled the work with confidence, but the 
result was not really heroic enough. 

Mozart’s little Symphony #32 followed intermis- 
sion. Just when we were prepared to settle down to 
some really ‘heavy listening’ we were offered, instead, a 
ten-minute overture-like work. (The symphony may, 
in fact, have been written aS the overture to Mozart’s 
Zaide.) Nevertheless, from Hetu’s first sharp attack 
this was a highly satisfactory performance. The 
Andante’s serenade-like qualities were charmingly 
brought out, with delightful bassoon: underpinnings. 


first violin of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. 


Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta is an entertaining, 
splashy way to conclude a concert. This Hungarian 
dance rhapsody is colorfully orchestrated and provides 
an effective showpiece for a good orchestra. Hetu took 
the opening in an edgy, abrupt manner which was more 
dramatic than the beguiling, inviting way it is often 
handled. 

Charles Hudelson’s clarinet solos were attractive 
and firmly played. Indeed all the winds. played 
excellently, and such passages as the flute and piccolo 
duet, and the droll, nicely accented bassoon solo 
should be singled out for praise. Hetu’s rhythmic 
precision was constantly in evidence, with the principle 
dance theme played beautifully by full orchestra. Only 
at the finale did Hetu permit matters to become too 
hectic so that the melody which ends the work was 
obscured in a general swirl of sound. 


As an example of incredibly insipid and un- 
intelligible art reportage, P. Jardine is rivalled only by 
The. Journal’s. Helen Melnyk. 1 can only ask who 
afforded her crippled sensibility the opportunity of 
slavering uncontrollably in type face. 

Jardine saw fit only to poll the largely juvenile 
comments in the Guest book of the B.F.A: exhibition, 
with a little big brother-counselling thrown in for good 
measure. One sentence is devoted to the work. If The 
Gateway desires copy dealing with art, then surely they 
could find someone capable of intelligent criticism. 

Jardine’s unsubstantiated notation of those who 
“showed the most promise” leads one to ask - promise 
of what? Those cited are exactly those (although she 
overlooked some) who are indicative of inarticulate, 
directionless, superficial imagery and inconsistent 


content showing promise of God knows what. Jardine, 
however, merely deigns to list six names, deals with 
none of the work, and yet lays claim to writing a review 
of an art exhibition. 
Jardine’s article indigenously offends everyone 
participating in the show whether good or bad. 
Richard Titus 
Graduate Student 
EDITOR'S NOTE: etiand design 
My apologies to P. Jardine and the B.F.A. studentsfor the 
headline What? Could this be bonafide art? What was 
intended in the spirit. of levity was mis-interpreted as 
questionable criticism. (Incidentally, DTR’s photo was lost 
by the printers, this was not meant as a dumb joke.) 
As for the above-letter from R. Titus, I would remind 
him that none of us profess to be outstanding art critics. 


While persons like yourself hypocritically attack those who 
comment on art in a way that does not meet your self- 
prescribed conception of art you offer neither your-expertise 
nor your time to these pages. Others, like Paula, offer their 
energies and talents. 


What to do 


The University of Alberta Jazz Quartet will 
perform a free concert in SUB Theatre on Tuesday, 
March 28 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. The quartet’s 
members are: Tom Rasmussen, alto and soprano 
saxophones; Jim Hodgkinson, piano; George Koller, 
bass; and John McCormick, drums. The quartet will 
also appear at the Hot Box Restaurant, April 7 and 8. 

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Milfred in Guadalajara and the New Colonials — 


_ by Milfred Campbell 

“These goddamn Mexicans are so unpredictable,” 
sez Gillian. She’s upset because Juanita the maid hasn’t 
shown up and poor Gillian had to handle the great 
barbecue she had in Tom Leery and my honor. 
(Gillian’sexcuse for doing it was; “it’s worth it just to be 
able to talk decent English with someone else for a 

- change.”) 
Chasing after Alice, my remedial English’ 
_professor is what got us into this scene — Alice knows 
all of the English teachers in Guadalajara. Almost wish 
I'd forgotten Alice, cause this Guadalajara scene we’ve 
popped into is about as decadent as the old Friday’s 
scene with Irma and all her fine arts groupies. We’re 
sitting out on the patio, plates piled up wiht a heap of 
ribs and empty bottles of Mexican Riesling all around, 
us. (Gillian apologizes that it isn’t the real stuff.) 

Besides Gillian, there’s Marsha and Anspach — 
and Alice of course. Gillian’s British, the rest are 
Canadian. There are more Canadians in Mexico than 
you'd think. Marsha interrupts and sez that her maid’s 
punctual, fast and reliable — and only fora hundred 
pesos ‘a week. Gillian groans. 

Anspach sez; “I pay mine only 80, but she doesn’t 
wash. Everything in the house stinks of her once she’s 
been through.” 

“Oh, come on,” sez Alice, “how can you people 
complain — 80 pesos, that’s less than four-dollars a 
week.” 

“That’s true — the poor things would starve if it 
wasn’t for us,” sez Gillian. Tom drops his wineglass on 
the tiled concrete. Alice shrugs. 

“Tell us about the new movies you’ve seen — like 
A Star is Born or Why Shoot the Teacher,” asks 
Marsha, “and tell me about this Rudy Wiebe guy that 

the Globe and Mail’s talking about.” 

“And really, who is Joe Clark?” asks Anspach, 
which is not too odd considering that he’s from Star 
City, Saskatchewan. Alice gives me one of her ‘what 
are we doin here’ looks, and then drops her wineglass. 

“It’s Saturday, I think we should do something,” 


Jackson Browne - 


by Gordon Turtle 

The Asylum record label has become to Los 
Angeles in the seventies what Motown'was to Detroit 
in the Sixties, and in some ways Jackson Browne isto 
Asylum what Stevie Wonder was to Motown. Jackson 
Browne has.emerged as a mentor for the new L.A. 
based school of singers/songwriters most of whom 
record on Asylum; and Browne’s new album, Running 
on Empty is a milestone for Asylum and Jackson 
Browne himself. Running on Empty is a live album, 
but a live album with some differences. All of the 
material is new, and it was recorded not only on stage, 
but also in hotel rooms and on Browne’s tour bus. Los 
Angeles, Asy/um, and Jackson Browne have become 
inextricably tied together in a late Seventies 
dominaton of American popular music and Browne 
remains the symbolic leader. The material provided 
from concerts on Running on Empty certainly serves 
to illustrate why his songwriting remains as subtle and 
poised as it was when he wrote “Jamaica Say You Will” 
ten years ago, and his backing band, primarily David 
Lindley and Danny Kortchmar,. provide Browne’s 

musical arrangements witha unique immediacy. 
Like Joni Mithcell’s Hejira, Running on Empty is 
an album about the road, and, also like Hejira, it 
dramatically documents the artist as a musician and as 


sez Tom. It works — Gillian’s distracted from the glass 
on the floor. “Tell me what,” she sez. 

“Let’s go dancing,” sez Tom to my great relief — 
we've had it talking ourselves dry about Canadian 


culture as it is and about ‘that bastard Levesque.’ 


“Found out about this great place,” I sez, the 
Plaza De Los Mariachis.” : 

“But it isn’t a disco,” complains Gillian. 

“Who gives a fuck,” 
dancing.” 

“Yeah,” sez Anspach and drops his wine glass. 
We're up and moving before we know it with Gillian 
swearing at us about her English crystal. 

The Plaza De Los Mariachis is a broad plaza that 
extends out in front of an old church, and the plaza’s 
set up like a beer garden which gives you a nice idea of 
the Mexican attitude to life. We meet Eduardo, a 
Zapotec Indian who’s told us about this place the last 
time we met him, which was when he wanted 10 pesos 
for a bottle of El Presidente brandy. 

Doesn’t know a word of English, except how to 
say his name but his sign language’s quite descriptive. 
He pulls us aside and unwraps a tube.of news paper to 
display four, still green flowertops of Mexico’s finest. 
“Muis bueno,” he sez. 

“Muis bueno,” we all say in unison a couple of 
times after doing two ordinary sized numbers rolled in 
newspaper. It’s got to be good because I can’t talk 
anymore. The place is full of Indians from the country 
carrying plastic jugs of lukewarm tequila and coke 
dancing away. 

Can’t talk anymore, so we re accepting all halle of 
the jugs and taking swig after swig. 

Grab Alice and we thrust ourselves in front of the 
band where the trumpets, the violins and the guitars 
are the loudest. It’s aslow Ranchero number (Mexican 
equivalent of country and western) about the death of 
an old cockfighter. The sweaty crowd pushes Alice 
against my thighs ima nice sort of way. Isee Eduardo in 
the crowd — he winks and then flexes his muscles at 
me. 


sez Alice, “‘let’s do some real," 


“I want you Alice,” | say grabbing her waist tight. 

“What’s new,” she sez. 

“Now that I’ve found you here in Guadalajara, 
why don’t we get away from this scene.” 

“You're crazy,” she sez. 

“I’m not,” | sez, “the barbecues, the stupid talk — 
it’s all like home.” — 

‘Worse really, discussing maids and going to 
discos. You can’t get away from it.” 

The Mariachi band’s into another Ranchero song 
called Contrabando which is about a guy and his 
buddies who smuggle pot in tires into the U.S. fora 
woman. After the job the guy doesn’t want the money 
the woman’s promised — he wants her love instead. So 
she shoots him and she keeps the money. It’s a very sad 
slow tune’ with the singer almost crooning it. It makes 
us sad. I can feel it in her body: 

“I thought just coming down here was all you 
needed to do. But it takes more than that — you’ve got 
to reject this side and take off to the mountains, 
otherwise it’s the same bad, old thing.” 

“Come to the Yucatan with me,” I sez. She looks | 
at me for a long time. Then; “Oh hell why not. I’m tired 
of feeling like a poor character i in some Graham Greene 
novel.” 

I’m overcome — | didn’t think she’d agree so 
readily. I flex my arm at Eduardo. His round fat Indian 
face smiles all over with understanding. He comes over 
with the jug and we toast each other. 

The band’s into a fast number — Eduardo thrusts: 
two women between me and Alice, one’s about eighty, 
toothlessand with her own jug, the other must be her 
granddaughter, not older than fourteen — but enough 
to bring Tom Leery away from our table where the 
present topic under discussion is why inefficiency 
seems to be a trait of southern people. 

There is wild lust in Tom’s eyes especially since 
he’s got a fetish for knee socks. 

It seems we’re already on our way out of here. 
When you want it Mexico swallows you up with open, 
inviting arms. 


leading the Asylum charge 


a person: Browne wrote or co-wrote most of the 
material on the album, but also included are songs by 
the now obscure Danny O‘Keefe, Danny Kortchmar, 
Lowell George; and Valerie Carter. Because he is able 
to communicate a harsh reality through a quiet, (and 
perhaps sensual) desperation in his voice, Browne’s 
lyrics carry the impact of a Joni Mitchell song, though 
they usually lack the poetry of Joni’s lyrics. Browne’s 
poignancy is most noticeable in “The Loadout,” asong 
written for and about Jackson’s roadies and his 
audiences: 

“Now the seats are all empty 

Let the roadies take the stage 

Pack it up and tear it down 

They’re the first to come and last to leave 

Working for that minimum wage 

They'll set it up in another town 

Tonight the people were so fine 

They waited there in line 

And when they got up on their feet they made the show 
And that was sweet ...” | 

“The Loadout” gains special attention through its 
often outrageous rhyme: 

“Now roll them cases and lift them amps 

Haul them trusses down and get ‘em up those ramps 
‘Cause when it comes to moving me 

You guys are the champs” 


“The Loadout” 
medley, 


is the first part of a two-song 
the latter half being the one-verse song, 
“Stay.” Backing vocalist Rosemary Butler. provides 
some electrifying vocals in “Stay,” while David Lindley 
makes a “rare” and bizarre cameo vocal appearance. 


_ Unlike his previous four albums Browne limits his 
own playing on Running on Empty primarily to piano 
rather than guitar. His music seems not to change 
much from album to album, but when you listen to his 
first album, it becomes apparent how much his music 
has in fact, developed. He now has complete 
confidence in his voice and his songs, and a full backing 
band allows his material to stretch the boundaries of 
folky arrangements, an opportunity his band takes 
advantage of by really rocking it up at times. 


] found it hard to imagine how Jackson Browne 
could follow his 1976 album The Pretender, (the title 
track of which is an anthem for the Seventies), but 
Running on Empty is at least as important as the 
previous work. It re-defines the live album, takes the 
campiness out of songs about life-on-the-road, and 


~ starkly brings to the fore the brooding sensitivity of 


Jackson Browne. Running on Empty is a lovely, sad, _ 
hopeful album, and only serves to strengthen Browne’s 
position as the spiritual leader of the Asy/um artists. 


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organized cut rate charter bus 
runs to Calgary during Christ- 
mas and reading week, and a 
break-even rail excursion to 
British Columbia. 

According to Gorham 
Special Events would like to see 
an inexpensive Students’ Union 
travel service developed to offer 
transportation to various parts 
of Canada by the most 
economical carrier, as well as 
ig holiday trips to Hawaii, Mexico, 

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He said the proposal is in 
the initial stages of investigation, 
and has been discussed only a 
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This year Special Events  , 


‘sports 
Quest for Title Underway 


On Sunday, March 19 the 
Golden Bear Team Handball 
Club got off to a significant start 
in its quest to win the A divison 
championship of the two-tiered 
Alberta Provincial League. The 
team squeaked by Edmonton 
Canucks 24-2] with players 
Michael Belanger (6 goals), 
Gerry Bim (7), Ron Gorgichuk 
(5), Terry Bertel (3), Rene Tur- 
cotte (2) and Frank Rinsonnault 
(1) scoring for the Bears. The 
Bears’ defence, which had never 
jelled completely in the game, 
combined with Canucks Goalie 
Anton Odynski’s superb play, 
kept the final score in doubt right 
up until the final minutes. 
Odynski was outstanding in the 
second half stopping 3 of 5 
penalty shots as well as making 
terrific stops in field play; con- 


‘sidering the Bears very nearly 


outshot the Canucks 2 to | in the 
game. ; 

In the second game of the 
day the -Bears out-ungged Ed- 
monton Sunrise 37-31. The vic- 
tory was especially sweet for the, 
Bears as they had lost o Sunrise 
by | and 2 goals respectively, in 
two previous encounters. The 
Bears showed how. much they 
have improved over the season as 
they refused to fold in the game 
and kept their high-powered 
offensive machine.in high gear as 
they rar up their highest offen- 
sive score of the season. Surpir- 
sing to say, but goalie Isadore 
Gauthier - who, by his own 
admission, played poorly in the 
first game - was incredible in this 
second game. Using his rapier- 
quick arms he continously made 
breath-taking saves at point 
blank range that left Sunrise 


Commonwealth Threat 


Just recently returned from 
the Canadian Amateur Swim- 
ming Association’s Short Course 
Championships in Vancouver, 
were university team swimmers 
Derek Cathro, Butch Skulsky, 
Mike Cook, Ron New, Julie 
Sanderson and Janet Rooney. 
Qualifying times for this week 
were extremely tough and 
swimmers from York University, 
Acadia, Simon Fraser and 
Toronto also took part. ‘Despite 


physical and psychological dit- 
ficulty all swimmers perftrmed 
with credit, making finals or 
consolation finals Outstanding 
though was the performance of 
DEREK CATHRO in the men’s 
100 m. Butterfly where he placed 
second in the final in a personal 
best performance behind Toron- 
to’s Don Thompson and 
automatically made selection to 
the Canadian swim team which 
meets against the mighty 
Russians in a dual meet 
scheduled in Toronto April 21 
and 22nd. Unfurtunately Derek, 


an engineering student, had to 
turn down the honour of swim- 
ming for Canada because of final 
examinations. 


“With continued training. 


and effort he stands an excellent 
chance of making the Com- 
monwealth. games team later in 
the year,” stated coach John 
Hogg. 


Derek Cathro 


‘Division I] Champs 


The Zate-Chieftains from 
the AAA unit combined talents 
this year*to form the hockey 
champions of Division Il. After 
coming off a° double overtime 
win over Recreation in the Semi- 
final, AAA won a see-saw battle 
over a very tough Delta Upsilon 
team 4-3. The outcome was in 
doubt until the final whistle as 
the teams put on an exciting and 


enjoyable hockey game for the 
fans. 

It was a come from behind 
win, as the Zate Chieftains had to 
Overcome a I-U dclicit late in the 
first period. However, they took 
a 2-1 lead into the dressing room 
after the D.U.’s came fighting 
back, tying it early in the third 
until AAA popped in 2 quick 


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players shaking their heads and’ 


wondering where they would 
have to shoot next time in order: 
to score. One frustrated Sunrise 
player diving for a loose ball,’ 
punched Izzy full force squarely 
on his protector and injured his 
shooting arm badly. 

The Bears’ defense played 
well against Sunrise’s potent 
offense which has 4 Alberta 
players of 6 in its starting line-up. 
The Bears played an aggressive 
6-0, and 2-4 defense which kept 


Sunrise’s offense off-balance for . 


parts of the game. [he Bears 
offense was by Michael Belanger 
(7 goals),.Ron Gorgichuk (7), 
Gerry Bim (7), Terry Beitel (5), 
Rene Turcotte (5), Kevin Hamm 
(4). and Will Wong (2). Line 
player Frank Pinsommault was 
unable to continue playing due 
to aggravating pulled back 
muscles in the first game and his’ 
presence was missed by the team. 
The Bears celebrated their vic- 
tory by mobbing goalie Isadore 
Gouthier at the final whistle. 
Player-coach Ron Gorgichuk 
feels that the team should do well 
in this weekend’s Western Cana- 
dian Invitational Tournament to 
be held in Edmonton. With 25 
teams from Alberta, 
Saskatchewan and B.C. entered, 
and a full slate of games 
scheduled for the University’s 
Main Gym on Sunday. morning 
and afternoon, the Bears will be. 
able to play on home territory. 
Admission is free and a further 
bonus will be provided because II 
out of 14 Canadian National 
Team players will be playing. 
Spectators will once again be 
‘able to see the I] members of, 
Team Canada that beat the U.S. 
21-16 last October |Sth. 


Team Canada 
Volleyball 


Canada’s National 
Volleyball team will compete 
against the United States in an 
international exhibition match 
on Saturday, March 25th, at 8:00 
p.m. Both teams have recently 
competed in the World Cup of 
Volleyball in Tokyo and are now 
preparing tor the World Cham- 
pionships to be held in Italy in 
late August. The attraction of 
this match will not only be to see 
top volleyball players execute all 
their skills, but also to see two 
evenly matched teams square off. 

They have split previous con- 
tests. 

Golden Bear grad Bob 
Matwichuk, who is trom La- 
mont, Alberta, will be in the line- 
up for Canada and should stull- 
block many American players. 
Tickets for the matches are 

vailable at the main office in the 
“E building, SUB, Mike’s News 
ind at the door. Price is three 


bucks for adults, two for 
students and one dollar for kids 
under 12. 


Be at the match at around 
7:15 to watch the warmups 
because they are as exciting as 
the game. As is the case with 
most international contests, they 
turn out to be more exciting than 
a match up between two teams 
from the same country. Team 
Canada 72 started all that in. 
Russia, and now team volleyball 
78 takes up the slack. 


Margo Howe breaks the tape, mi 


inga60mrecord by 1/10 ofasecond. , 


The highest point total (139) ever achieved by a U of A track team was ' 
witnessed at the Kinsmsn Fieldhouse last month. Gabor Simonyi has | 
built a dynasty at ths U of A since he came here a few years ago. and the 
future looks bright for track teams at the U of A. photo Vlad Dzavik 


Track Team 77-78 — 
Start of a Dynasty? 


by Ms. Bernadette Dunn 

The weekend of the 24th 
and 26th of February brought 
together the Western universities 
for the CWUAA (Canada West 
University Athletic Association) 
track and field championships, 
held at the Kinsmen Fieldhouse. 

Competition was stiff, but 
the powerful Golden Bears won 
fame and glory by winning witha 
miraculous score of 139 points, 
the highest score achieved by a 
team in the championships. 

This year’s Panda squad 
was the strongest team .at the 
university of Alberta ever. They 
fought to the end, only to lase by 
a small margin to U.B.C. 

The enthusiastic spectators 
provided an electrifying at- 
mosphere as each individual 
athlete fought within himself to 
gain first place in their particular 
event. 

Olympian Dan _ Biocchi 
broke the 300 m record-34.7 in 
his heat by a time of 34.3, and 
then with his great knowledge 
and experience went on to win 
the final in yet another 
breathtaking Canadian record of 
34.1. 

Sean Kehoe, the new star of 
the team, broke the standing 
record of 7.0, time of 6.9. Witha 
happy smile on his face Sean 
then went onto win the final with 
his record of 6.9 flat: Dan 
Biocchi and Sunil Joseph tied the 
old record of 7.0. 

The men’s 1500 m final was 
won by the university’s outstan- 
ding distance runner Lyle 
Kuchmak, who later went on to 


win the 3000 m with a time of: 


8:30.9, breaking the standing 
record of 8:31.9. Blaine Whitford 
performed his best ever time of 
8:48.7. 

Another highlight was the 
men’s 4 x 100 m relay. The 
outstanding performance’ of 
Biocchi, Cree, Kehoe, and Swan, 
gave them first place, by break- 
ing the old record 44.0 and 
setting a new one in a time of 
43.7. 

The Pandas, hampered by 

juries, came a strong second.. 

Margo Howe, an Olympic. 
athlete won her heat in the 60 m, 
and went on to win the final 
missing the record by 1/10 ofa 
second. 

Sue 


Farley put on a 


‘marvelous sprint between the 


Hurdles in the final -to tie the 
standing record 8.6. 

Shauna Miller, the (3rd year 
law student) CWUAA cross 
country champion won the 3000 
m in an outstanding time of 
9:58.1 setting a new record, as 
this is the first time it has been an 
event in these particular cham- 
pionships. The outstanding male 


-athlete a‘vard was given to Gerry 


Swan, tne winner of the long 
jump and the triple jump events, 
and a member 01 wie winning 4 x 
100 relay team (16.5 pts). 

The outstanding female 
athlete | award was won by 
Joanne Jones of the U of S. 

The best performer (U of A) 
award wert to Danny Biocchi, 
winner of the breath taking time 
ot 34.1 in the 300 m event, a 
second in the 60 m and a member 
of the 4 x 100 m relay. 


10 | : | THE GATEWAY, Ty oe 23, 1978 - ‘ . : | 4 
[ ATTENTION: _ : | 
Students and Faculty Vieinbers From: : HUB SUrVeY from pg. 3 


St. Albert a 
5 ae The HUB Tenants’ Associa- the quality of HUB- living. tenants), and tenant participa- 
Fort Saskatchewan tion, working with the Manage- However, according to Cockle, tion in HUB social activities is 
Westlock - ment has been attempting to HUB Tenants’ Association also oe a 

: alleviate at least some of the meetings are very poorly attend- “One of the reasons for this 

Sherw ood Park problems and, in general,to raise ed (as low as 25 out of 960 is undoubtedly apathy” Cockle 

and the areas surrounding these centers 


believes, but many students are 
just too busy. Others, he feels, ~ 


; ; De : ea. | ae ; just keep to themselves, especial- 
The Pembina Federal Liberal Riding Assoc. ti é La * ty othe -farcian owtudente earn 
announces a meeting to : 5 "4 Hane : comprise nearly 40% of the HUB ~ 


occupants. 
He says “some students 


Nominate a Candidate have even compiained to him of 


for the next offering Full Food Service all day racial prejudice and that they feel 

: ; ae Or Sar intimidated by HUB manage- 

Federal General Election i Beer & Wine after 3 ment personnel.” Others, he 

: ’ HOURS: believes, “may be just shy or 

1 ues., April 4th/78 7:30 p.m. Mon-Thurs 7:30 AM - 11 PM reluctant to ‘voice any 
Beer & Wine 3 - 11 PM criticisms.” 

at the Friday 7:30 AM - 12 AM : Cockle describes 

Beer & Wine 3 - 12 PM Management-Tenant Associa- 

Saturday 3 PM - 8 PM tion relations as “excellent”. He 


Morinville Recreation Center 
: : Beer & Wine 3 - 12 PM says “HUB office personnel are % 


very receptive and often more 
For further information contact Lorne at 439-7017 * 7th floor SUB There’s Room at the Top than fair, particularly in dealing 
with problem residents who are 
excessively noisy or who damage 
| their apartments. Prior to 
serving any eviction notices, they 
consult with the Tenants’ 
Association for its opinion.or to 
work out alternative ways of 
handling the situation.” 

Although the HUB Tenants’ 
Association has its-own offices, 
(N.E. end of the mall), because 
its hours are irregular, many 
students bring their complaints 
to HUB Management, who. are’ 
able to deal with most of them 
immediately, especially 
maintenance problems. 

Sue Muhlteld, of the HuB ® 
Management office says most 
students bring their problems to 
her desk. “Most complaints have 
to do with maintenance, but 
occasionally someone comes in 
saying he can’t make his rent 
payment on time. We always try 
to be reasonable and give them 
breaks whenever we can. 
Generally, we're able to work out 
a solution,” she says. 

“Most evictions are because 
we find out a tenant isn't a 
student. These people can be 
pretty bitter about having to 


ae you are an engineer this chair bare but then .those are the @ 


Shere says “student 


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le problem, but now damage to 


; ¢ : apartments Is not as serious 
It’s the Master Engineering Control because of stricter regulations 
Centre.of one of our DDH 280 Destroyers and regular inspections. . When 
j ; ; we find an apartment. that’s 
— powered by jet turbine engines, one of 
the most advanced propulsion systems in 


badly kept. we tell the resident 
and he generally takes the hint.” 


the world. However. she says “most 
In Canada’s ships, Maritime students are reasonably clean 
: and quict and respecttul - of 


Engineers work in a wide range of 
disciplines— mechanical, electrical and 
electronic. Marine Engineers are 
responsible for hull, main propulsion, 

and associated systems. Combat Systems 
Engineers are responsible for the 
fighting equipment—weapons, electronic 
sensors, communications and control 
systems. And both are managers, 
supervisors and leaders of men. 


others.” 

When asked how living in 
HUB affected their study habits, — 
some tenants replied they did 
more, some said a lot less and® 
others said it didn’t make any 
difference. 

One student commented “I 
get more done and have mcre 
time to spare. | sure don’t miss 
the E:T.S.. buses and early 
morning tratlic jams.” 


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to become one, think about this Officer's ndgrese sd id done because his apartment has 
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on both a professional and ‘ogea) Course can’t even keep collee or beer in’ 
personal level—and might take . eu J ne me my place.” he says. “and there’s 


always lunch bags and dirty ash _ 
trays around. It’s great to live in 
suctPa friendly place. but hell. I 
flunked two courses last term.” 
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The real problem with 
nuclear power is that too many 
people are of the same style as the 
tribesmen who castigated Joe the 
Cro-Magnon man for discover- 
ing fire. Mention nuclear energy, 
and you will soon gather a rabid 
group of protesters, anxious to 
prevent what they cannot or will 
rnot understand. Not all those 
Opposed to nuclear power fall 
into this category; only enough 
to make things difficult for those 
who have taken the time to find 
out what the real benefits and 
problems are in nuclear power. 


The ‘act is, as much as most 
conservationists and anti- 
nuclear lobbyists hate to admit 
it, we are going to soon reach a 
point where energy is going to get 
expensive. When it does, for that 
matter before it does, we have to 
make a decision whether we 
value our way of life more than 
we value the time it will take to 


discover answers to the problems 


The Analytic Lab 


posed by nuclear power plants. 
No rational person denies that 
such answers could be found; 
few, however, are doing anything 
about getting them. 

What alternatives can be 
otfered, either by those who 
know of other power-production 
methods or those who oppose 
nuclear power? how amy 
knowledge, none ever have been 
offered that could come 
anywhere near the price or safety 
of nuclear power. Pollution 
from nuclear power exists; no 
supertanker, however, is going to 
pollute half a sea with the fuel of 


a nuclear reactor. Waste 
problems exist, but present 
storage techniques, when 


properly applied and supervised, 
are adequate to store the wastes 
until better disposal or recycling 
techniques can be developed. 
The advantages of nuclear 
power are plain to see. It is 
relatively cheap, when compared 
to oil and gas. Its fuel is easily 


transported from place to place, 
and is an extremely compact 
stored energy form. It can be 
used to run power plants, ships, 
provide electricity for trains and 
support other forms of mass 
transit. We already have an 
adequate power network, to 
which nuclear power plants can 
be added with little modification. 
This also helps keep the cost of 
power down. As well, we already 
have enough technology to start 
the changeover, and we could 
have it completed betore oil and 
gas become scarce enough to 
pinch seriously. 


It strikes me that the same 
people who - protest nuclear 
power development are those 
who support efforts to develop 
third world countries. 1 too 
support such aid, but I fail to see 


how the developed countries can’ 


offer it unless they themselves are 
in a stable enough position to 


living while raising that of other 
peoples. Civil unrest, tight 
money and recessionary trends 
are already beginning to appear 
in the western woriu; now much 
worse, and how much poorer our 
ability to aid, when our lack of 
energy bankrupts us. Instead of 
raising the underdeveloped to 
our level, we would be allowing 
ourselves to slide backwards into 
the mire. 


As recent letter to~ the 
Gateway complained 
longwindedly of the “eu- 


phemism” used in reports on 
nuclear power development. - It 


derided bitterly the “attitude of 


the high priests of nuclear 
power”, and claimed that nuclear 
power proponents were building 
a facade of safety. Not one word 
was offered to back up this 
argument; not one idea was put 
forward to provide an alternate 
power source. Accusations and 
polemic were its content, and 


nothing else. 

If the writer of that letter is 
take seriously and finds agree- 
ment in the public, I see little 
recourse for me but to find a hole 
in the wall for me and my family 
to get into, because without 
inexpensive power, western 
society has got to fall apart. The 
deaththroes of a way of life area 
dangerous thing to be involved 
in, and | would rather not be 
there. es, 

As well, to the writer of that 
letter, a question. When your 
house gets cold in the winter, 
when there isn’t any fuel for the 
car, the factories or the fire, will 
you be willing to slip back to a 
way of life which will not allow 
you the luxuries you now enjoy? 
Or will you grab a sign, this time 
to promote your conifort? | 
think you won't bother with the 
sign; you'll be a volunteer on the 
construction crew. 


Tony Higgins 


Canada is one of the world’s 
leading countries in atomic 
technology; the CANDU reactor 


system has been hailed as one of 


the safest, cheapest and most 
efficient methods of releasing the 
power locked in radioactive 
fuels. As well, Canada has a large 
resource base for the develop- 
ment of nuclear power, with 
sizeable uranium deposits, along 
with other fissionable. materials. 
Several questions, however, 
stand in the way of this possible 
aid to Canada’s shrinking energy 
resources. Disposing of atomic 
wastes Is a problem which has yet 
to be solved. Safety in the area 
surrounding the reactor, leakage 
and operations — difficulties, 
although better understood, are 
also of concern, 

The CANDU reactor was 
designed in Canada to fill a gap 
in reactor technology. Previous 
reactors had been designed to use 
enriched uranium fuel, that ts, 
uranium containing a_ high 
proportion of fissionable U-235. 
The reason’ for avoiding this 
standard enriched fuel was that 


extra processing and handling. 


(and therefore extra hazards) 
were caused by the enrichment 
process. As well, handling the 
fuel is less hazardous in the 
CANDU system. The CANDU 
system uses a “heavy-water” 
cooling and moderating system 
to carry heat through a heat 


exchanger, There, the heat is 
transferred to ordinary water, 
which is used to drive the 


generating turbines. 

Several” variants to the 
“standard CANDU system have 
been the subject of research. At 
the Whiteshell Nuclear Research 
Establishment, near Pinawa, 
Manitoba, tests with organic 
fluids as a coolant medium are 
presently underway. One power 
reactor was built with a system 
which used “light” water to cool 
the reactor. This “boiling-water” 
system worked poorly, and the 
reactor has been shut down for 


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more than a year. Other research 
is taking place at the Chalk River 
Laboratory. 

There are a large number of 
plants presently in operation or 
under construction in Ontario, 
Quebec and New Brunswick. 
The largest system in Canada at 
th moment is that belonging to 
Ontario Hydro. Its network 
includes the 20-megawatt 
Douglas Point reactor at the 
Bruce Nuclear Power Develop- 
ment, four 750-megawatt reac- 
tors also at Bruce, and four 500- 
megawatt reactors at Pickering, 


just outside of Toronto. As well, 


plans are underway and con- 
struction already begun for a 
four reactor plant totalling 2000- 
megawatts at Dralington, as well 
as four 500 megawatt units’ to 
add to Pickering and four 750- 
megawatt units to add at the 
Bruce establishment. 

Quebec was the site of the 
ill-fated  Gentilly-l reactor, 
designed to produce 600- 
megawatts using a light-water 
coolant system. This reactor is 
apparently permanently shut 
down. Atomic Energy of Canada 
Itd., the crown corporation 
which designs and sells reactors, 
has already begun construction 


maintain their own standard of 


- Mienace 


of Gentilly-2, a standard CAN- 
DU design 600-megawatt reac- 
tor. Hydro Quebec is also com- 
mitted to build Gentilly-3, a twin 
to the second reactor. The 
reactors in Quebec are what is 
becoming the standard design 
for AECL, a 600-megawatt 
conventional CANDU reactor. 

New Brunswick is building 
an atomic-powered generating 
station at Lpreau. Their reactor 
is also one of the standard 600- 
megawatt types. Reactors of this 
type are also being built in 
Argentina and South Korea, and 
are in operation in India. At 
present, Canada has three plants 
operating which produce the 


“heavy water” needed for the‘ 


operation of CANDU reactors; a 
fourth is under construction. 

Three basic hazards exist in 
atomic power plants, according 
to John Blackburn of the Atomic 
Energy Control Board, the 
government regulatory agency 
which acts as a watchdog over 
AECL. Waste disposal, weapons 
proliferation and reactor safety 
are the main worries of the 
AECB says Mr. Blackburn. 

At present, wastes from 
Canada’s atomic reactors are 
stored in retrievable form in 


or Miracle 


concrete bunkers. Research is 
underway to discouver methods 
to recycle or safely dispose of 
these wastes permanently. As the 
plutonium by-product of 
uranium fission — is __ highly 
radioactive, storage sites must be 
licensed by the AECB and are 


continuously _ monitored — for 
leakage. “the problem hasn’t 
been easolved< ie sayse~ Mr: 


Blackburn, and he says that 


when it will be is open to specula- 


tion. 

Proliferation 
regarded as one of the forgotten 
hazards of atomics. Since the 
announcement by India that it 
had developed the atomic bomb, 
quiet has settled over this issue. 
Federal policy, however, is still 
being wrangled out on this topic. 
Since, with the proper materials, 
any good engineer or physicist 
could build an atomic bomb, few 
of the major countries consider it 
a special hazard when they sell 
nuclear reactors 

Reactor safety itself is a 
major concern at present. The 
AECB has contract research 
going on at research. and 


educational institutions all over 
Canada, including the U. of A. 
Here, two professors from the 


could be. 


Civil Engineering department 
are studying the containment 
vessels used to house the reactors 
in use in Canada. Although their 
study is still incomplete, Dr. J. 
MacGregor says the results so far 
indicate that all designs tested 
appear to err on the side of safety 
and conservatism. Other reactor 
safety hazards can be roughly 
compared to hazards in in- 
dustrial plants or conventional 
electric power generating 
stations. A study recently com- 
pleted for the AECB stated that 
the type of energy production 
safest in terms of injuries per 
kilowatt of power produced was 
natural gas. Nuclear power came 
second, with oil and other 
sources further down the list. 
“Solar power was quite hazar- 
dous to. produce,” says Mr. 
Blackburn- “Not because it is 
more dangerous in itself, but 
because building the generators 
and collectors is quite a labour- 
intensive process, resulting in a 
high number of industrial ac- 
eidents.” If this is the case, and if 
a long-term solution can be 
found for nuclear waste disposal 
problems, nuclear power may 


-well be the source of much of 


tomorrow’s energy. 


presents 


Thurs. March 23 
8 pm 


SUB THEATRE 


The National Shakespeare Company 


A WINTER’S TALE 


TION 1 OR I 
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1/3 to. 2/3rds off Regular Price 
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This bittersweet comedy unfolds in a 
mythical atmosphere; with jealous kings. 
imprisoned queens, brave princes, disquis- 
ed princesses, and wise Oracles. 


Tickets: $6.00 
Available at S.U. Box Office, Mike’s, All Woodwards 


~ Phone for your 


*Proofs are yours S 
to keep or refund Appointment 


of sitting charge now. 
if not satisfied 439-7284 
433-3967 


Parker & Garneau Studio — 


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March 23 


’ Circle K. meeting, rm. 280 SUB. 6:30 - 
meet there then go for pizza. 


CKSR_ note to all Gateway staff 
members. CKSR has challenged you toa 
street hockey game this Thurs at 2 pmon 
the Tennis courts. Be there. 


Christian Reformed chaplaincy perspec- 
tives in discussion - The Abstract 
Economy, 7:30 p.m. St. Stephen’s 
College. 


U of A Flying Club final meeting of year 
in TB-100-(Tory) at 19:30 hrs (7:30 p.m.). 
Topics to be discussed include finances 
~ and next year’s executive. 


Holy Thursday, The Lord’s Supper - 
institution of the Eucharist at 7:30 p.m. at 
St. Joseph’s College Chapel. 


March 24 


Good Friday, The Liturgical Action at 3 
p.m. The reading of the passion, the 
‘veneration of the Cross, Holy Commu- 
nion. St. Joseph’s college chapel. 


March 25 


Esater Vigil at 11 p.m. in St. Joseph's 
_ College chapel - Liturgy of Light, Word, 
Baptism, Eucharist. 


LDSSA Disco Dance 8:30-11:30 p.m. 
10980-142 St. $2 per person or $3 per 
couple. All welcome. 


Keuta Entertainment Club presents 
Easter Eve Boogie at Grad House (11039e 
Sask Drive) 8:30. Music by Ashley’s 
Chocolate City Disco. Admission $3. 
Lutheran Student Movement Easter 
Vigil - a service of light, word, baptism, 
and eucharist at II p.m. at centre, | 1122- 
86 Ave. All welcome. 


March 26 
Easter Sunday, mass time at St. Joseph's 
College 9:30 and Il a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 


LDSSA Fireside 8 p.m. Whyte Ave 
Chapel 108 St. and 82 Ave. All welcome. 


March 28 


Lutheran Student Movement vespers 


with eucharist at 8:30-at Centre, 11 122-86 
Ave. 


ete; ve time 


with Levas Instruments from 


Canadian. Electronics Ltd. 


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Christian Science org. welcomes all to 
their weekly testimony meetings, held 
each Tues at 5:10 p.m. in Meditation Rm. 
SUB. , 


U of A Outdoor Club annual general 
meeting in Rm. 129 Ed at 7:30 p.m. 
Elections of next year’s exec. will take 
place. Film. : 

Home Ec. Ed. Club general meeting at 
5:00 p.m. in EDNI-107. Everyone in- 
terested is urged to attend. Call 459-6074 
for info. 


March 29 


A. film on Waldorf Education entitled ° 


‘The experience of learning at Waldort 
Schools’ will be shown at 8 p.m. in Multi- 
media classroom 2-115, ED N._ 


Edmonton Chamber Music Society. 
Orford String Quartet gives the final 
concert at 8:30 p.m. in SUB Theatre. 
Admission by Season membership only. 
Society will be selling season 
memberships for next year at the door. 
Music of the Renaissance by The Town 
Waytes, Renaissance band trom Van- 
couver. at 8 p.m. All Saints’ Cathedral. 
Tickets $3. 


March 30 
Lutheran Student Movement vespers at 
centre, 11122-86 Ave at 9:30. 


U of A Riding and Rodeo Club nomina- 
tion and election of officers for 78-79. All 
members eligible for office. 7 p.m. in 
Mech E2-3. 


General 


Girls or guys needed to sell daffodils on 
campus. Requires | or 2 hrs of time 
(Canadian Cancer Society) on April 7. Ii 


interested please contact Debbie 428-. 


1528. 

U of ASki Club. Those skiers planning to 
go beserk in Vernon, the bus leaves trom 
front of Admin bldg today at 5 p.m. It 
will be there for loading at 4:30. Don’t 
forget your trunks, there’s a pool and a 
sauna. 


The Alberta Legalization of Cannabis 
Committee meets every Thursday, 7:30 
p-m., Room 107 Law Centre. Everyone 
welcome. 


Sunday Catholic Mass times at St. Joe’s 
College chapel. 9:30, 11 a.m., 4:30 and 8 
p.m., Sat. 4:30 p.m. 


Price Reductions 
with l of A ID. 


PROGRAMMABLE 


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U of A Outdoors Club. Nominations are 


now open for the positions of pres. vice- 
pres., secretary, and treasurer. Contact 
Eugene at 439-5787 if you wish to run for 
any of these positions. Elections are 
March 28. 


CSA chinese essay composition contest 
and award to winners. Deadline April 8. 
Submit to CSA office (SUB 234) or mail 
to Box 421, Sub Il U of A, 


U of A Ski Club, Hat Social March 31, 
Hazeldean Community. 7:30 p.m.;1 p.m. 
Advance tickets only, available at 244 
SUB, Cab booth. Get em early, limited 
number. é 


CSA chess club meeting time is changed 
to every Sunday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. in Rm. 
280. All welcome. 


U of A Wargames Society meets 
Wednesdays and Fridays at 7 p.m. in 
CAB 335. For info call 433-2173. 


Bridge club meets every Wed. at 7 p.m. ir 
Rm. 280 SUB. No charge. Please com 
out. 


Student Help has typist list and tutor file 
for student use. Call 432-4266 or drop in 
to Rm. 250 SUB. : 


U of A Sci Fi and Comic Art Society 
meets each Thurs in Rm. 142 or 280 
SUB. 


Students’ International 
Society introductory — lectures 
Transcendental meditation program 
every Wed., noon, SUB 104 and Tues., 
8:00 p.m., Tory 14-9. 


Meditation 


Classifieds 


Pregnant and Distressed? Free, contiden- 
tial help. Birthright, 429-1051, anytime. 


Quick, Professional typing. Drop by Rm. 
238 SUB, 432-3423 (days), er call 
Margriet (464-6209) evenings. 


Hayrides and Sleighiiaes between Ed- 
monton and Sherwood Park. Phone 464- 
0234 evenings 8 p.m. - 11 p.m. 


Attention F.R.: Thanks for forcing our 
appearances. Love D.G.’s. 


S.T.A.R.R. Study and’ Travel Abroad 
Reference Room, 225 Athabasca Hall. 
Information - on travel, study and 


_ employment opportunities overseas. 


on’ 


Need a Summer Job? Edmonton Hire a 
Student has positions available in their 
Employer Relations program. The com- 
petition is open to any student presently 
attending a post-secondary institution 
full time and returning in September 
1978. Employment commences April 24, 
1978; terminates June 30, 1978 with the 
possibility of a contract extension of one 
month. The successful candidates must 
possess a knowledge of the Edmonton 
business community, good communica- 
tion skills, an ability to convey program 
policies and services to the public. 
Applicants must have the use of acar and 
be familiar with the City of Edmonton. 
Salary is $4.66/hr. (under review) plus 
car allowance. Interested applicants 
please apply to University. Manpower 
Centre, 4th floor, SUB on or betore 
Tuesday, March 28. 


Student 1 veral Association Meeting 
Tuesday March 28 at 3:30 p.m. rm. 104 
SUB. 


Furnished two bedroom apartment for 
rent May-June, July-August. $260.00 
inclusive, 488-7580. 

Typing - neat, prompt. Term papers, etc. 
482-6651 Lyla after 5 p.m. 


Reduced fare.to Hongkong, Tokyo, 
Manila, Singapore. 475-1109. 


Several persons wanted to move into 
existing co-op house near university - 
more info, phone 439-5277. 

¢ 
For a good time with an experienced 
woman call Aritha; 432-5957. 
Urgently Needed: Text Modern Europe 
Volume Two, Gay, Webb, Phone 466- 
2575. i 


Wanted to buy: Used men’s bicycle. Dan 
435-7652. : 


Still looking? Edmonton Hire A Student 
has positions available in their High 
School Visitations program from April 
25-May 31, 1978 with possible two week 
extensions. The competition is open to 
any student presently attending a post- 
secondary institution full time and 
returning in September, 1978. Salary is 
$4.66/hr. (under review) plus car 
allowance. The use of a car is preferred. 
Successful candidates must possess the 
ability to communicate to large groups of 
secondary%tudents. Interested applicants 
please apply to University Manpower 
Centre, 4th floor, SUB on or before 
March 28, 1978. 

Fast accurate report, thesis typing. Call 
Doreen 469-9289. 


Reliable typist, close to Londonderry 
Mrs. King 475-4309, : 


Typing. Call Heather or Diane, 475-9579 
or 467-4913. 


Taken by mistake from discard table in 
Education library - 4 environmental 
activity project books. Need urgently, 
466-9805. 


Produce your own honey. Complete 
beehive and bees. Ph. 452-6905 after 6 
p.m. 


Sublet: furnished one bedroom apt. 
Phone 484-1581. 


Painters wanted for summer. Phone 434- 
8634, 5:30 to 7:00. 


Roommate(s) wanted: ‘One or two 
females wanted to share 2 bedroom apt. 
close to campus. apt. is Lifteen minutes 
walking distance. If interested phone 
Sonja at 433-8751. : 


Mini Storage ideal for furniture or car. 
$5) week. 434-9934, evenings 467-0586. 


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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 
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- 6 different forms of branching make decisions 


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- 2-levels of 


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- Eight multi-use memories for storing and 
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- Nine levels of parentheses and ability to store 


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- 2 conditional loop features for repetitive 
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OPPORTUNITY CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM 
A “learn and earn” programme, operated by the 


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to the completion of the 30 required units. 


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You may compete for fellowships if you are an A-, or 
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To these opportunities add the chance to study at the University of Victoria 
which is situated in magnificent surroundings overlooking the ocean. The 
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